Draft Decision for the Council of People’s Commissars on the Work and Food Rations for Soviet Employees[1]

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Directa commission of comrades

Avanesov+Nogin            HoltzmannKhalatovGindinFin

a)to collect information on the food supply of Soviet
office employees of different departments compared with that of the workers
(including unlawful supply);

b)to discuss measures for establishing greater uniformity
and order in this field;

c)to submit a draft of personnel and regulations governing
a commission for determining staffs of various institutions and studying
work norms of Soviet office employees, their numbers, the results of their
work, and so forth.

[1]Thequestion of work and food rations for Soviet office employees was
discussed at a meeting of the Council of People’s Commis- sars on October
23, 1920, Lenin’s proposals were incorporatedin tote inthe
decision adopted on this matter. The C.P.C. directed the commission set up
for this purpose to make its report on October 26, 1920.